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When should you seek software help? The case of the midnight background checks
When should a professional licensing agency reach out for software help? Sometimes, the answer’s obvious. Agency directors usually speak with multiple vendors before replacing an aging licensing system or commissioning an initial system. When the decision involves an...
Need Licensing Software Help? The Fast Path vs. the Slow Path
Professional licensing agencies that need new or updated software systems usually take one of two paths: the slow path and the fast path. The traditional slow path is often appropriate, even necessary. But the benefits of the fast path – primarily, a quicker go-live...
Need to Update Your System Fast? Experience and Flexibility Matter
The wheels of government turn slowly … except when they don’t. What licensing agency hasn’t scrambled to implement a new law or rule on a tight schedule? Legislatures routinely adjust licensure requirements and combine regulatory boards. In rare circumstances – a...
How Interfaces Help Agencies Share Information and Reduce Work
Like all regulatory agencies, those that protect children and vulnerable adults share information constantly. Licensing officials share information with service providers and with the public. Information flows between regulatory officials and vendors that manage...
Track Residential Beds with GL Suite
If your agency regulates residential facilities for children and vulnerable adults, safety is your primary focus. But availability matters, too. Your agency, then, must ensure not only that your providers meet health and safety requirements, but also that group homes...
Websites let parents, public verify child-care licensees
Most parents want to check up on licensed providers before entrusting them with the care of their children. This holds true whether they’re researching child-care facilities or residential treatment programs. Modern regulatory agencies use websites to support such...
Hate board meeting prep? Then automate the process
Preparing for a board meeting takes time. Lots of time. Each item that appears on an agenda, from a rule change to a disciplinary case, requires supporting information. The people involved must be notified. And your board must receive a complete packet far enough in...
How to manage enforcement efficiently
Child welfare agencies must act quickly and consistently when problems with providers arise. Whether the trigger is a serious incident report, a complaint from the public or a failed inspection, regulatory officials must gather the necessary information and prescribe...
How Inspections Software Can Keep Children Safe
Why do regulatory officials inspect facilities that serve children and vulnerable adults? The reasons are obvious. Yet audits that describe unsanitary and hazardous conditions at group homes and similar facilities appear with alarming frequency. Many such audits are...
Automate Tracking, Auditing of Continuing Education
Facilities that serve children and other vulnerable people are only as good as their caregivers. State regulators ensure that caregivers are competent by managing requirements for continuing education. This is a complicated job, but GL Suite can make it simple. To...